Whispering Wyrd
The Healing Web
Category: Recovery
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I realize my writing schedule isn’t the same as it was before, but as I’ve mentioned in recent posts, it’s because life has been really, really busy lately. Buying a house, welcoming a new grandson into the world, and being inundated with emails and texts from the real estate agent, title company, inspectors, and everyone…
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I keep learning since getting clean new ways to approach life and I’ve realized I’m not just learning new things… I’m also un-learning old ones. Modern society tries to tell us that softness is weakness and hardness is strength. But I think that’s backward. Softness is the way of life. Green grass is soft, water…
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Wow! So many things are happening so fast, and these are good, exciting things. Our new home is officially under contract now, so nobody can come along and snatch it out from underneath us. Even though we’ve had a home built before, we’ve never purchased one that was already built, and we definitely didn’t expect…
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I saw a post someone recently did about why they are conservative. Some of it I understood, even if I disagreed. But most of it was openly hostile toward other human beings, especially LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and anyone outside their version of Christianity. It made me think about why I hold the views I do.…
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Here lately I’ve been asking myself what do I really want with the time I have left? Not a “to do” list or a bucket list, but what do I really want for my life now? And also maybe just as much, how do I want to be remembered? Some people will always remember me…
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I’ve been feeling a weird and persistent heaviness lately, a sadness I just haven’t been able to explain or completely put my finger on. The recent birth of my grandson is certainly joyous, and I couldn’t be happier about that, but this feeling still just hangs on. Sometimes putting a name to a feeling helps…
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A few days ago my wife and I were out walking together. I always love walking with her, holding her hand while we talk about our hopes and dreams for the future. That day we were talking about all the different roads life has taken us down, some beautiful and some very painful. She paused…
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I haven’t written anything in a while. I’ve been busy because I have a new grandson! I think I really needed the break from writing. I feel refreshed now and maybe even having a slightly different perspective than before. The time away from writing made me realize how easy it is to fall in to…
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I am torn this way and that. My mind aching from the poisons of worry and fear. My body weak and stiff from tension. This foolish “I” can do nothing to rescue myself. Frequently lost in the delusion of permanence I grasp at this and that, Not understanding the illusory nature of all things. How grateful I am for Boundless…
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Some days we are just so exhausted, so weary, that we just don’t have anything to offer. It’s times like those that we just have to step back and take care of ourselves. To take some time to mend and heal ourselves. Today is one of those times for me. Please take care of yourselves.…
Whispering Wyrd 